Buying a house is optional, not required. I set up a camp just north of Mys Arcana so I would have quick access to the shops, teleporter and have a place to drop stuff. I've slept on hay many times now, none of these 'houses' for me.

You are suppose to join the Thieves Guild, I suggest if you only put 3 points in lockpick, make sure you have a few in telekensis and about two in pick pocket. Talk to tavern owner and I rented a room.

I found telekensis very profitable!

** Edit Here**With the sleeping me too Pib ...I would make camp right by a teleporter..usually on this side of the game, near my beautiful hunk of man..the Blacksmith..sigh

Don't forget about taking the bed from the house just north of the Abbey. This bed weighs nothing and you can carry it with you to take a rest anytime needed. You can steal a very special book from Rob who is leader of the Theives Guild and this book is like having extra inventory space. You can place the bed into this book so it doesn't take up room in your regular inventory.

Buying or renting a house in Verdistis will give you experience points so you may want to do that for the points.

It's behind the Abby on the ground; also those statues are morphs...save the game, click on the statue and see what happens..I think you may have to right click, can't remember..also sells for quite a bit..but first see what they do..you can always go back to the save after experimenting..

I'm sorry Kim, it's in a house .... I thought it was behind the Abby, but texaslady reminded me ..nope so I not sure of exact location, it is somewhere near the Abby inside a home..Hopefully she'll post where exactly for you...sorry to add confusion, so glad she had time to check this out!!

Ingie and Kim, it's in a house north of the Cursed Abbey and south of the church. I think it was called Jeremiah's house.Kim if you pick up the bed or click on it, there is a really good ring I think beneath it. The bed looks like all the other beds except that you can drag it into inventory and sleep on it whenever you need to.There's a special book in the thieves guild in Verdistis that you can put the bed into to minimize the space it uses.Good luck